Meeting with Acting Head of Republic of Adygeya Murat Kumpilov

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Acting Head of the Republic of Adygeya Murat Kumpilov to discuss the current socioeconomic situation in the republic and the complaints
sent in by local residents during the Direct Line with the President regarding
issues such as resettlement from dilapidated housing and the situation in education
and healthcare.

The republic has posted
stable macroeconomic growth over these past years. This year, our industrial
production index was 106.8 percent and our own revenue increased by 17 percent.
Harvesting has been completed and we had a winter wheat harvest of 48 quintals
per hectare. Work is going ahead.

Vladimir Putin: How long have you been
working now, how many months?

Murat Kumpilov: I have been Acting
Head of the Republic since January, and before that, I spent several months as speaker of the Republic’s parliament.

Vladimir Putin: That is not so long. Do
you already have a sense of the biggest issues?

Murat Kumpilov: Mr President, before this, I was the Republic’s Prime Minister for 8.5 years, and we identified the growth spots we see now for Adygeya, namely the industrial park not far from Krasnodar, the village of Yablonovsky. We are
working closely with the federal government to resolve the infrastructural
bottlenecks.

The same goes for Yuzhgazenergy, which is producing gas in the region, 1 million
cubic metres a day. We plan to build an industrial park close by to the gas
production site. Another big project is the Lago-Naki resort, our tourism
sector project. Work is underway in this area as well.

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Vladimir Putin: You know
that the new school year is just around the corner. We are meeting to discuss
the complaints that local people made during the Direct Line. I would like to begin with this.

People
are concerned over the dilapidated state of school infrastructure. As the former prime minister, you must be aware of this situation, and so I bring it
to your attention now. “Leaking roofs in the classrooms, mildew” and so forth.
People say that repairs of kindergartens and play areas ‘is entirely on the parents’ shoulders’, ‘the school has no gym and does not even have a toilet’
and so on.

You
must pay particular attention to the condition of school buildings and the school
infrastructure in general, of course. These complaints have not come in just by chance.

Another
matter now, typical for all regions. There are many unresolved issues in healthcare, but one of the complaints that came in stands out from what I have
seen regarding other regions.

People
write about a new ‘service’ – the sale of beds in hospital wards. In other
words, doctors send patients to hospital, but the hospital staff say they have
no beds, even though the wards are empty. If you pay 4000 rubles, they find you a bed.

You
must be more attentive, carry out the necessary inspections and get to the bottom
of situations such as this.

I will not mention the other issues now. They are numerous, and, of course, they
are issues of great concern for our people. It is clear that the people who
wrote in and called the Direct Line are those who face these problems
themselves.

The majority of people do not face these issues, but those who send in such
complaints do encounter these problems and find no effective solution to them.

I hope greatly that you, as, I hope, the Republic’s future head, will succeed in resolving many of these matters.

I hope that the people living in the Republic will see the results of your work.

Murat Kumpilov: Thank you
very much, Mr President.

I will
certainly get to the bottom of every complaint sent in by the local people and we will do everything possible to ensure that people see positive change in the executive bodies’ work.

I would
like to thank you once more for the confidence that you placed in me when you
appointed me Acting Head of the Republic. We will do all we can to live up to your high expectations.

Vladimir Putin: The most
important thing is to live up to the local resident’s expectations. I hope they
support you. You are not a newcomer and you know the situation well. Please use
your knowledge and experience to resolve these issues effectively.